Eaves-trough hanger.



10.718,085. V i 'PATENTBD JAN.r 13, 190s) Y E. E; BROTT.

EAVBS TROUGH HAN-GER.

APPLICATION FILEDFEB. 27. 1902.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST E. BROTT, 'OF BURLlNGTON, KANSAS.

EAVES-TROUGH HAN-G ER.

SPEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,085, dated January13, 1903.

Application filed February 27, 1902. Serial No. 95,857. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may conce-fn,.-

Beit known that I, ERNEST E. BROTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Burlington, in the county of Coffey and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Eaves- Trough Hanger, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention -relates to eavestrough hangers, andparticnlarlythose which are constructed of wire.`

The aim of this invention is to provide au article of man ufacture ofthis character made from a single wire having a rigid cross-bar andprovided with peculiarly-constructed stops which engage the troughtoprevent its collapsing, said article being capable of being manufacturedat substantially the same cost as those known in the priorv art.

The preferred manner of constructing the hanger is shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Y Figure 1 is a sectional view of eavesand a trough suspended therefrom by the improved hanger. Fig. 2 is aView of the hanger, showing the strands of the cross-bar partiallyseparated to more clearly illustrate their relation. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view through the hanger. Fig. 4 is a detail view showinga slightly-diiferent form of troughheld in place.

Similar num erals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The hanger, as shown, comprises a troughstirrup 10, the ends of whichare secured to a strut member or cross-bar 11, which member is connectedat an intermediate point with ahanger-ste1n12. Theseseveral elementsareformed from a single piece of wire and are constructed as follows: Thecross-bar is formed of three strands or plies 13, 14, and 15, havingterminal loops 16 and 17, one of said loops, 16, being downturned toform a stop that engages the inner face of the trough, the other loop,17, projecting longitudinally from the other end of the cross-bar toform an eye in which is detachably engaged the free terminal 18 of thetrough-engaging stirrup 1Q. One of the terminals of the wire islocated'at the end of the cross-bar which is provided with the eye 17and said terminal is bent down through said eye to form a stop 19, thatengages the inner face of the trough opposite to the stop 16.

The manner of constructing the hanger will be readily understood byreferring to Fig. 2 and may probably be best explained as follows:Beginning at the downturned terminal or stop 19 of the wire, it will beseen that said wire is first coiled to the center of the cross-bar. Thenan opstanding loop is provided, which is twisted to form the stem12.From this stem the wire continues across to the opposite end of thecross-bar, where it isdoubled iipon itself, thereby forming the loop orstop 16. From ,this point it extends back again to the opposite end,where it is again doubled to form. the outstanding loop or eye 17. Fromthis point it is coiled about the other two strands of the cross-bar tothe opposite end of the stem, where an offset portion 20 is formed thatengages about the bead of the trough. The remainder of the wireconstitutes the'trough-stirrup 10, and the terminal 18 is detachablyengaged in the eye 17, as already described. This stirrupis made longenough V'so that in case a trough or gutter is employed having beads atboth edges the terminal 18 may loebent to surround the inner bead andstill engage in the eye 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The advantagesof this construction may be summed up as follows: In the iirst place' anarticle of manufacture is provided which is made from a single wire, andthe cross bar upon which the lateral strain is brought has threeVstrands or plies, thus making it very strong and rigid. The downturnedstops prevent the `trough being jammed or iiattened out, thereby makingunnecessary the soldering of cross-braces into the trough.` The articlesare constructed in various sizes, and the hanger-stems may be made ofdifferent lengths.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it willbeunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departingiromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the"` invention.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. As an article of manufacture, an eavestrough hanger, comprising asingle piece of Wire formed into a cross-bar having a plurality ofstrands, said cross-bar being provided at its ends With integral loops,one of Which is downturned to constitute a stop, the other loopprojecting longitudinally from the other end of the cross-bar to form aneye, one of the terminals of the wire being downturned through thelongitudinally-projecting eye aud constituting a depending stop, ahanger-stem projecting from the cross-bar, and a troughengaging stirrupextending from the end of the cross-bar having the downturned loop, saidstirrup having its free end detachably engaged in the eye of thecross-bar.

2. As an article of manufacture, an eavestrough hanger comprising asingle piece of Wire formed into a three-strand cross-bar, saidcross-bar being provided at its ends with in'- tegral loops, one ofwhich is downturned to constitute a stop, the other loop projectinglongitudinally from the other end of the crossbar to form an eye, saidend being also provided with a depending stop, an integral hanger-stemprojecting from the cross-bar, andatrough-engagingstirrup extending fromthe end of the cross-bar having the downturned loop, said stirrup havingits free terminal detachably engaged in the eye of the cross-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ERNEST E. BROTT.

Witnesses:

J. E. WooDFoRD, IRA I. ISENBERGER.

